Assembling device



Jan. 9, 1934.

E. s. TIMMONS 1,942,459

AS SEMBLING DEVICE Filed July 30. 1952 Patented Jan. 9, 1934 a 1,942,459

UNITED s'rn'r s ATNT ries ASSEMBLING nsvrcn Edwin S. Timmons, Chicago, 111. Application July 30, 1932. Serial No'. 626,856

3 Claims. .(01. 2984) This invention relates generally to a device at 19 to the frame C, the purpose of which will for assembling together the vanes of a vehicle later be explained. 1 7 light director which is of the same general char- Secured to the upper side of the base are acter as disclosed in my co-pending application, blocks 20 and 21 between which are fitted spac Serial No. 626,855, filed of even date. In the ers 22 and shims 23, the spacers and shims be- 60 construction of a vane unit, as will hereinafter ing clamped by screws 24 against the blocks 20. be described, it is imperative that the vanes be By referring to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the spaced in parallelism while being assembled in spacers and shims are arranged alternately side a frame. Due to the fact that the vanes are by side, the shims being narrow so as to leave made of very thin metal, it is a particular probthereabove spaces 25, into which are received 65 lem to handle them without bending or disthe vanes B. Preferably, the shims are one or torting them so that the light rays which pass t-wo thousandths of an inch thicker than the therebetween will not be interrupted. vanes to provide suitable space for the free in- The present device is adapted to receive a plusertion thereof.

rality of vanes in spaced relation and to hold Each spacer may be shaped rectangular or 7 the same while being attached to a supporting square and of a size suitable to conditions, as, frame, whereupon the assembled unit is moved for example, in Fig. 2 are shown spacers of four out of the assembling device and is ready to be different lengths so as to receive thereabout a installed in an automobile headlight. circular frame D. Each spacer is pointed or bev- As an exemplification of my invention, refeled along its outermost edge, as shown at 26 erence is made to the accompanying drawing, (Fig. 3) to facilitate the insertion of the vanes. in which- The spacers are provided with suitable slots 27 in Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the aswhich is slidably received the frame C, which sembling device with a supporting frame placed comprises e d balls 23 rigidly Connected th r 25 thereon; by spaced rods 29 which lie in the slots 2'7. Each Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; of the end bars 28 are provided with openings 30 Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view in seethrough which extend pins 31 which are secured tion taken on line 3 of Fig. 2; in the base, the pins acting as guides for the Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view in section taken ra e C. 30 on line 4 of Fig. 2; and A vane unit may be assembled in the follow- Fig. 5 is a, partial View of the vane unit m... ing manner: With the frame C lowered in the pletely assembled. slots 27 to a desired point, as shown in Figs. 1,

Referring to the drawing, wherein is shown a 3 a vanes v are Placed in the Spaces 25 and base upon which is rigidly mounted a plurality moved downwardly so as to contact the upper 35 of spacers B, and a frame C which is movable toedges of e rods The frame w is then Placed ward and away from the base for lifting the upon the rods 29 surrounding the vanes, after assembled vane unit D from the device after whi h r d 01 are inserted h h p n in being assembled. the frame 11; and vanes 11, and secured thereto in The base is provided with a longitudinal opena m nn r described i my -p e ppl a i n 40 m 10 i hi h i t t m t d shaft 11, above referred to. Plates 3 which are inserted having a central reduced portion 12 fitted in a in the device 210112 With the vanes, y then be bearing 13 which prevents longitudinal moveconnected t h frame w y op n 2, as h wn, ment of the shaft. On one end of the shaft i after which the crank 15 may be rotated to turn a right-hand thread, and on the opposite end the Shaft 9 3 mill/111% the blocks 14 0- is a left-hand thread, each end being in thr d ward the base A, which movement causes the ed engagement with a block 14 (one only being frame C to be raised by the links 18 to the posishown). The shaft may have mounted n one tion shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, when the end a crank 15 by which the shaft i rot t d vane assembly D is entirely disassembled from to move the blocks 14 toward or from the base. e v c 50 The blocks are prevented from rotating with th The present device is advantageous in that the shaft by plates 16 extending outwardly from the vanes, which are very thin and easily bent, may base and adjacent the block. Extending outbe properly spaced apart with little difficulty. wardly from the ends of each block are trun- They are protected by the spacers against being nions 1'7, on which are mounted links 18, the bent, and are firmly held while being secured to opposite ends of which are pivotally connected the rodsxwhich support them.

upon a support including a base, spaced blocks formed in the base and extending upwardly therefrom, a plurality of alternately arranged spacers in the form of sheets and shims rigidly secured between the blocks, the shimsbe'in'glof less width than the spacers and located adjacent one edge thereof so as to provide spaces for the insertion of vanes adjacent the opposite edges of the spacers and in the same plane with the shims, the vanes being held in this position while secured to the support, and a frame located' normally beneath the vanes and movable relative to the base whereby the vanes are removed from between the spacers after assembling.

3. In a device for assembling parallel vanes upon a support including a base, spaced blocks formed on the base and extending upwardly therefrom, a plurality of alternately arranged spacers in the form of sheets and shims rigidly secured between the blocks, there being transversely aligned slots in the spacers, the shims being of less Width than the spacers and located adjacent one edge thereof so as to provide spaces for the insertion of vanes adjacent the opposite edges of thespacers and in the same plane with the shims, the vanes being held in this position while secured to the support, and a frame located normally beneath the vanes and lying within the slots in the spacers and movable relative to the base whereby the vanes are removed from between the spacers after assembling.

EDWINS. TIMMONS. 

